Mexički film iz 1950. godine i poznata pjesma Mama Huanita. Sjećanje na neka ljepša, sretnija vremena… Na hrvatskom jeziku postoje dvije(2) pjesme izravno vezane uz ovaj film: 1. Jedan dan života (Un dia de vida) – www.youtube.com 2. Mama Huanita (Las mananitas) www.youtube.com Film je premijerno prikazan 23.11. 1950. godine. Režirao ga je Emilio Fernandez, au filmu glavne uloge igraju: Columba Domínguez Belén Martí Roberto Cañedo Coronel Lucio Reyes Fernando Fernández General Felipe Gómez Rosaura Revueltas Mamá Juanita Eduardo Arozamena Pomposo Mexican film “One day of life” from 1950. and the well know song “Las mananitas”. Remembering a fairer, happier times … This is great romantic movie, with unforgettable Mexican music. The brief plot: the movie is about two men in Mexican revolution, one being a high military officer and another, being sentenced for capital punishment. The mother of one of them come to see the prisoner, but she was not told that these guys, previously close friends, are now adversaries. The movie has nice cinematography, was done in great BW, and was extremely popular in this part of Eastern Europe. – In 1948. Yugoslavia broke up with the Soviet Union and with their cinematography. Russian films were not so popular anymore. Yugoslav authorities had to look somewhere else for film entertainment. They found a suitable country in Mexico: it was far away, the chances of Mexican tanks appearing on Yugoslav borders were slight and, best of all, in …

@ivanfmg When we are talking about meaning of the song “Las mananitas” in Mexico, than you are right, it is exactly like you saif, but I am talking about meaning “Las Mananitas” in the states of last Yugoslavia. And the story here is totally different. The song is inseparable linked with the film “Un dia de vida” and to its content.
P.S. One of the best mariachi band of the World is “Los Caballeros” from Croatia. It is not by accident.